Callaway vs Panama City Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Callaway and Panama City Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Callaway and Panama City Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Panama City Beach has the higher population (18,493 vs 13,297 in Callaway). Panama City Beach has the higher median household income ($78,921 vs $69,388 in Callaway). Panama City Beach has the higher median home value ($417,800 vs $215,300 in Callaway).

Population, income & housing

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
Population	13,297	18,493
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,388	$78,921
Median home value	$215,300	$417,800
Median gross rent	$1,319	$1,737
Housing units	6,413	21,078
Homeownership rate	59.6%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
Population	14,958 → 13,297 (-11.1%)	12,751 → 18,493 (+45.0%)
Median household income	$50,383 → $69,388 (+37.7%)	$63,912 → $78,921 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $215,300 (+45.1%)	$243,300 → $417,800 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,319 (+36.7%)	$1,268 → $1,737 (+37.0%)

Callaway

Population

14,95813,297

Median household income

$50,383$69,388

Median home value

$148,400$215,300

Median gross rent

$965$1,319

Panama City Beach

Population

12,75118,493

Median household income

$63,912$78,921

Median home value

$243,300$417,800

Median gross rent

$1,268$1,737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	18.1%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	4.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
No high school diploma	13.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
Drove alone	82.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
1-unit, detached	61.3%	25.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	52.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Callaway	Panama City Beach
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1990	2000